* Monday—Victor Hugo gets the deluxe treatment.
* Tuesday—Audie Murphy or Bogie—who’s more charismatic?
* Wednesday—John Wayne Westerns before he made the Big Time.
* Thursday—You’re getting sleepy, sleeeeepy ….
* Friday, Saturday, and Sunday—War movies up the wadzoo.

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Monday—May 24th

4:00 AM—Les Miserables (1935)
An obsessed policeman relentlessly pursues an escaped convict.

6:00 AM—Les Miserables (1952)
An obsessive policeman relentlessly hunts a man who escaped prison after stealing bread.

7:00 AM—Before I Hang (1940)
A mad scientist experiments with a serum tainted with a psychopath’s blood.

8:15 AM—The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
When a fire leaves him hideously scarred, an immigrant turns to crime.

11:00 AM—Dangerous Blondes (1943)
A mystery writer and his wife investigate the murder of a couturier’s wife.

2:00 PM—Strange Affair (1944)
A mystery writer and his wife investigate a murder at a charity benefit.

6:30 PM—Johnny O’Clock (1947)
Gambling hall owners get mixed up with a cop on the take, leading to murder and mystery.

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Tuesday—May 25th

2:15 AM—The Gun Runners (1958)
A charter boat captain runs guns during the Cuban revolution.

3:45 AM—To Have and Have Not (1944)
A skipper-for-hire’s romance with a beautiful drifter is complicated by his growing involvement with the French resistance.

6:00 AM—This Side of Heaven (1934)
An eccentric family tries to work together when the father is accused of embezzlement.

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Wednesday—May 26th

Westerns all day:

6:00 AM—Haunted Gold (1932)

7:00 AM—Ride Him, Cowboy (1932)

8:00 AM—The Big Stampede (1932)

10:15 AM—Sagebrush Trail (1934)

11:15 AM—Somewhere in Sonora (1933)

12:30 PM—The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)

2:00 PM—The Man from Monterey (1933)

3:00 PM—The Telegraph Trail (1933)

4:00 PM—Randy Rides Alone (1934)

5:00 PM—The Star Packer (1934)

6:00 PM—Stagecoach (1939)

… and then war movies:

8:00 PM—From Here to Eternity (1953)

10:15 PM—They Were Expendable (1945)

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Thursday—May 27th

12:45 AM—See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)

8:15 AM—Tomorrow We Live (1942)
A master criminal uses mind control to force an ex-con to commit crimes.

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Friday—May 28th

More war movies:

6:00 AM—The Lost Patrol (1934)

7:15 AM—Dive Bomber (1941)

9:30 AM—Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

12:00 PM—Command Decision (1948)

2:00 PM—God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)

3:30 PM—Battleground (1949)

5:30 PM—Sergeant York (1941)

8:00 PM—Stalag 17 (1953)
A cynical serviceman in a World War II POW camp has to prove he’s not an informer.

10:15 PM—The Great Escape (1963)

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Saturday—May 29th

… and still more war films:

1:15 AM—The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

4:00 AM—King Rat (1965)

6:30 AM—You’re in the Army Now (1941)

8:00 AM—Buck Privates (1941)
Two small-time con artists enlist in the Army to avoid the police.

9:30 AM—In Harm’s Way (1965)

12:30 PM—The Battle of the Bulge (1965)

3:15 PM—The Battle of Britain (1969)

5:30 PM—Midway (1976)

8:00 PM—The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

11:00 PM—Pride of the Marines (1945)

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Sunday—May 30th

… and yet more war movies:

1:15 AM—Birdy (1984)

3:30 AM—Let There Be Light (1946)

4:45 AM—The Secret Invasion (1964)

6:30 AM—Battle Cry (1955)

9:30 AM—Darby’s Rangers (1958)

12:00 PM—The Dirty Dozen (1967)

2:45 PM—The Guns of Navarone (1961)

5:30 PM—The Green Berets (1968)

8:00 PM—Mister Roberts (1955)

10:15 PM—Operation Petticoat (1959)

—Mike Gray